[C320-list] Seward 2 Burner Stove Not Lighting

[Kaare@charter.net]

Bill, on Fat Cat,  is correct.  Ours behaves the same way.  Following a period of nonuse ,  it takes some time to evacuate the air in the system before it lights off.
Mary &a Kaare Wold
Sheet Music. 945

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> On Jun 6, 2017, at 3:02 PM, William Morack <whmorack at live.com> wrote:
> 
> My experience is that after a period of non use, I just need to turn the stove to the on position and wait till I smell gas. Takes maybe 20-30 seconds. This bleeds the air in the gas line coming from the tank. Not the tank, (no air in the tank). I then light as normal.
> 
> Bill
> 
> FAT Cat
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> #1058
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>> On Jun 6, 2017, at 3:51 PM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> All tanks manufactured since1998 have  the OPD valve and if the date
>> stamped on the tank collar is less than 12 years you are good for a refill.
>> i believe the full weight is around 22 pounds and empty is about 12... tare
>> weight (empty) is stamped on the collar.
>> 
>> Chris Burti
>> Farmville, NC
>> 
>> 
>>> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Dave Hupe <hoopdtwo at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks all for the input.  I'm now not sure how much propane actually is
>>> in my tank.  I may have been swayed by the apparent/misleading gauge
>>> pressure.
>>> 
>>> I talked to the previous owner (he bought the boat in 2008) who said they
>>> never used the system.  So, it is a definite possibility that I may just
>>> need it filled (provided someone will fill it for me, but that may be a
>>> problem in itself if the tank is original, as Guy just mentioned as a
>>> dilemma).
>>> 
>>> If I can get it filled this will be a good, relatively inexpensive (if
>>> anything is cheap when it comes to boats) way of working through the
>>> multiple possible sources of the problem. Next might be a regulator and/or
>>> solenoid.
>>> 
>>> Thanks, Dave Hupe
>>> '94 (hull #32)
>>> Holland, MI
>>> 
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